Unique places and ways for re-enlisting in the military aren’t a new thing, but I thought this was pretty cool. Not only is her last name Pi, she took her re-enlistment oath on “Pi Day” and on a C-130 aircraft with a tail number ending in 314. That’s fantastic! Serving up a slice of service…
Category: Cool Stuff
Throwback: Airwolf Debut, 1984
The TV show ‘Airwolf’ starring Jan-Michael Vincent and Ernest Borgnine premiered 40 years ago, January 22, 1984 on CBS. As an 80s kid, I was of course absolutely obsessed with this show!Sadly, both main characters have since passed, and even the original Bell 222 helicopter used in the TV show was eventually destroyed when it…
Faith of the Heart
“On this date in 1963 Captain Joe Walker flew the North American X-15A to an altitude of 271,000 feet. Having flown higher than 50 miles, he qualified for astronaut wings.” Only The Space Shuttle ‘flew’ Faster Than This Rocket Plane Designed With A Slide Rule Queue the theme song/video to Star Trek ‘Enterprise’ …
Concorde vs SR-71 Blackbird
I was controlling a westbound Concorde just entering my airspace when I received details of an SR-71 coming eastbound on a route that would conflict with Concorde. The SR-71 did not always fly supersonically, it was doing less than Mach1 on this day, but it was still at a very high altitude. I had been…
I’ve Been Ducked!
I’ve finally been ducked! 🤣 I was at the Home Depot picking up an order and came back to this little guy on my Jeep. Thanks Gladys! 😁
Catch me if you can!
This photo was taken in April of 1985 over the Irish Sea by Adrian Meredith who was flying in a Royal Air Force Tornado fighter jet and it’s the only photo of a Concorde flying at supersonic speed. Even though the Tornado is capable of matching the Concorde’s cruising speed, it could only do it…
The 1963 Flying Fury
Naval Aviation history you probably never knew about…In 1978, while in port at Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines, some folks from RVAH-1 “captured” a 1963 Plymouth Fury and brought it back on board the USS Enterprise, CVN-65. The Sailors marked up the Fury to represent the Squadron and the ship. Then when they…
Jeep Desk
Now that’s a cool desk! Hopefully though it\’s just a reproduction of parts and no original 1940s Jeep MBs were harmed in the making of it.